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CellBioGuy comments on On not getting a job as an option - Less Wrong Discussion

36 Post author: diegocaleiro 11 March 2014 02:44AM

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Comment author: JTHM 11 March 2014 05:13:26AM 1 point [-]

Do you consider food, shelter, and clothing to be optional? You know those things cost money, right?

Comment author: CellBioGuy 11 March 2014 02:12:38PM 1 point [-]

Money can be used to get them and thats the most common way in the developed world these days. But money is a system of tokens that people use to keep track of transactions. Other tokens can be used. Like trust or social status. Or one could bypass a token economy all together.